Nothing made me feel older when I played a song at a family gathering, and my cousins didn’t know which song it was. If anyone was wondering, it was Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden, which came out in 1997. Hell, think about it like this. Jurassic Park is 18 years old…

@myfakebritishaccent – Ah, wow, I had a dumb moment, I didn’t recognize you! XD Hello again! I know the feeling, I feel like I’ve gotten a lot older in between the Your Pants era’s…

Hmm, the first big ticket item I bought with my own money… I think that would be my Yeti microphone. Such an expensive microphone, and true to the name it is very large and heavy, but so amazingly clear-sounding and wonderful. Although, next up I need to get new hardware for my PC. The motherboard on it is just not doing the job anymore, I need some more powerful gear to do the stuff that I want with it.

@anne No, the only Nirvana song they knew was that one. I tried listing other PJ songs off and they just stared at me and then asked if I liked Weezy. Sigh… at least I got most of them hooked on Journey. It was a small victory, but a victory nonetheless.

I just turned 23 two weeks ago and for whatever reason it seems suddenly old to me – most of my friends are older (and my coworkers are much older) so they all laughed at me. Now I’m in my “mid-twenties” instead of college age, and it seems like I have to be a “real” grown-up! Good to know there are lots of other “real grown-ups” watching youtube videos and reading books meant for teenagers, too

And @mishie, college tuition. Then rent. Super exciting!

The first thing I spent with my own money/first paycheck was probably a dinner for my family. They said its tradition. *cough* i think i bought into it, literally.

Officially 25 as of yesterday! Woo! Just got back from London! <3

Um, am I the *only* one over 40?

I’m 23, which apparently makes me an adult. Still not sure I believe it. :p

Well that’s a relief, @Jules, as I certainly don’t *feel* old!

oh good, im glad you ppl exist, i was getting worried, I am about to turn 22 in 8 days. woo!!

I turn 21 on 02/01/2012 Woot.
I’d actually be really excited to see a 30+ group. I know I’m no where near there but I really like knowing that there are older more experienced nerdfighters out there to connect with. I’m in my Junior year of college in Oregon but originally from California and plan to move back after school. Working on a bachelors in Theatre emphasis in Costume Construction.

Hi everyone!

I’m Heather. I’m 23, going to be 24 in a few months. I’m a huge fan of the entire Vlogbrothers ethos, and I think it’s great no matter what age you are. I would, however, be really interested in more adult-friendly meet-ups in the future. If anyone is interested in taking this idea and running with it, I encourage them. I’m terrible at planning and I wouldn’t know how to do it in a way that doesn’t seem too excluding.

Just a thought. Nice to know all of you!

Hi everyone! I’m Nikita (22, Toronto), I’m reeeally excited that there’s a group of nerdfighters who aren’t teenagers. Those younguns make me feel old when they talk about lunch periods and homework.

Jumping into the discussion, hi everyone I’m Emmi, I’m 20 for 4 more days and after that I’m probably going to stop counting.

I’m actually quite surprised that there are so many teenage nerdfighters! It was always so hard for me to find people with similar interests when I was a teenager myself that I can’t help but think what my years in secondary school would have been if there had been nerdfighters to spend time with back then! I found this community 1,5 years ago or so and I’m so happy I did, I come from Finland and we only have a handful of nerdfighters here, most of them living very far away from me, so luckily this is mainly an internet community… (:

What amazes me most though is the thread of “Nerdfighters who are too old to be kids and too young to be teenagers”. I mean oh my God, what did I do when I was 11 or 12, played Tetris and googled websites about dogs?

29. (c;

DFTBA!

Actually, I’m the one writing a seminar paper on Nerdfighteria (if you’re following effyeahnerdfighters on tumblr you probably saw my post/filled my survey) and the results showed a surprising amount of Nerdfighters are over 20. In fact, 31% of the people who filled my survey (and I had 1500 replies, thanks Nerdfighteria!) are young adults between 20-30. It’s true there are still a larger group of teenagers (ages 13-19, 67% of the people who replied to my survey) but still, represent!

As for me, I’ll be turning 24 on Friday. So holla!

I just turned 22 a couple months ago. I was 18 when I first became a nerdfighter and proud to be one for a lifetime

Glad to see there are so many 20 or over nerdfighters out there!

I’m 23 and only recently discovered what a nerdfighter is! Even though I’m new, I’m very excited to meet other nerdfighters and I’m glad there are quite a few of you around my age!

22 here, which technically makes me an adult, although the cultural idea of the word seems far more mature than I am right now. DFTBA!

I always feel old when I look around YP. I’m 27! I’ve not read all the posts here yet, but that could make me one of the oldest of the old. We should put me in a home!